Goodbye, Anandi!
VICKEY LALWANI, MUMBAI MIRROR, Jun 27, 2010, 12.00am ISTBalika Vadhu is slated for a leap. A source from the channel said, "There is no point in having Avika now. She might be called for a couple of days, to shoot some flashback scenes, after the leap will fast-forward to the time when Anandi is an adult. We will have a new person playing Anandi."
Newcomer Pratyusha Banerjee from Jamshedpur has been chosen to play the grown-up Anandi. "The channel held auditions and Pratyusha was selected," adds the source.
The official spokesperson of the channel confirmed the story. Let's hope Avika can focus on her studies now.